push up

See also: pushup, and push-up

English

Verb

push up (third-person singular simple present pushes up, present participle pushing up, simple past and past participle pushed up)

1. (transitive) To make (something) higher; to increase.
   • 2004 July 1, Larry Elliott, “Fed turns tide on US interest rates”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In a unanimous decision, the Fed's open market committee pushed up its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25% and hinted that it would adopt a measured approach to any future increases.

2. To arise or jut out from; to thrust from.
   • 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:

     The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).